Sentiment collection and association system

Abstract

Disclosed are various implementations of systems, methods, and computer programs that facilitate associating a sentiment with a user-defined topic. In an implementation, a system comprises a computing device in communication with a client device. The computing device includes a memory operable to store one or more modules. The computing device also includes a processor coupled to the memory to retrieve a user-defined topic and a sentiment selection, associate the sentiment with the user-defined topic, and cause generation of graphics at the client device. The graphics represent sentiment statistics corresponding to the sentiment over a predetermined time period.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, the program comprising:
 code that initiates a poll; 
 code that, in response to the poll, receives a hashtag identifier comprising a subject of the poll and a keyword that identifies a user-generated response to the poll; 
 code that determines the subject of the poll and the user-generated response to the poll based upon an adjacency of the hashtag identifier and the keyword; 
 code that aggregates a plurality of hashtag identifiers and corresponding keywords to form an aggregated response to the poll; and 
 code that causes storage of the aggregated response, 
 wherein the user-generated response comprises a user-generated definition based upon metadata associated with the hashtag identifier. 
 
     
     
       2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the program further comprises: code to cause generation of one or more graphics representing the aggregated response. 
     
     
       3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the graphics represent at least one of a line graph, a pie chart, or a scatter chart to convey sentiment statistics over the predetermined time period. 
     
     
       4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the one or more graphics are generated at a client device. 
     
     
       5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the program further comprises code that determines the subject of the poll and the user-generated response to the poll based upon an immediate adjacency of the hashtag identifier and the keyword. 
     
     
       6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the program further comprises code that cross-references the hashtag identifier with one or more predefined sentiments; code that determines a sentiment of the hashtag identifier based upon the cross-reference; code that forms a response to the poll. 
     
     
       7. A system comprising:
 at least one computing device in communication with a client device, the at least one computing device including: 
 a memory operable to store one or more modules; 
 a processor coupled to the memory, the processor operable to execute the one or more modules to cause the processor to: 
 initiate a poll; 
 in response to the poll, receives a hyperlink comprising a subject of the poll and a hashtag identifier that identifies a user-generated response to the poll; 
 determine the subject of the poll and the user-generated response to the poll based upon an adjacency of the hashtag identifier and the hyperlink; 
 form an aggregated response to the poll based upon a plurality of hashtag identifiers and the hyperlink; and 
 causes storage of the aggregated response to the memory. 
 
     
     
       8. The system as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the one or more modules, when executed by the processor, are operable to cause the processor to cause generation of one or more graphics representing the aggregated response. 
     
     
       9. The system as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the graphics represent at least one of a line graph, a pie chart, or a scatter chart to convey statistics of the aggregated response over the predetermined time period. 
     
     
       10. The system as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the one or more graphics are generated at a client device. 
     
     
       11. The system as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the one or more modules, when executed by the processor, are operable to cause the processor to determine the subject of the poll and the user-generated response to the poll based upon an immediate adjacency of the hashtag identifier and the hyperlink. 
     
     
       12. The system as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the one or more modules, when executed by the processor, are operable to cause the processor to cross-reference the hashtag identifier with one or more predefined sentiments defined within a rules-based list; and determine a sentiment of the hashtag identifier based upon the cross-reference. 
     
     
       13. The system as recited in  claim 12 , wherein the sentiment conveys at least one of a favorable, neutral, or unfavorable sentiment corresponding to the hashtag identifier.